Necktie holder



Feb. 19, 1952 J. B. FEDERICO 2,586,215

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed oct. 1v, 1947 2 SHEETS- SHEET l Feb. 19, 1952 J. B.FEDERICO NECKTIE HOLDER Filed 001'.. 17, 1947 2 SI'IEETS--SHEET 2 BY n l/ym AHORA/Vs Patented Feb. 19, 1952 STAT-Es Par einA orario-Eq 2,5%,215NEGKTIE HOLDER Joseph- B. Federico,` New Balll'lirnore,` Mich., as-4siguente. Hickol Manufacturing Co. Inc.,

Rochester,.N..Y., a corporation of: N ew: York;

Application October 17, 1947, SerialNo.V 780,341

.1. Claim.

This invention relates tcimprovements in necktiefholdersandmorellparticuilarly to tie holders Oil'lie1 flexible type.

.Antobject ofl the:y invention is tov provide yany improved,:simple,eicientnecktie holder of the general'. typereferred.- to adapted'V tobe: easily applied and which willsecurely: hold anecktie properlypositioned while permitting limitedV longitudinal movementofftheztiedueto. diierentv postures assumedtbtr the wearer..

Another object: or. the:- invention. isto provide an. improvedtie.holder. of the.. general. character referredto whichnwilleautomaticallyadjust itself toall widths ot. ties. A

Another object. of thex invention is to. provide an. improved tie holderof.. the. flexible type, which for? the most v.part wi'll.b,econcealedfrom view and. doesnot require apassing of the endsoi the necktie.through. the ilexible tie, retaining means.

Aparticularly important'. novel characteristic, of thev inventionresides in the. Special flexible tie retaining. means provided that ispositioned out of view at the back of the tie. and whichcan be m readilyconnected therewith..

Other important novel featuresot the invention lie. inthe. particularmeansv yfor connecting. the iiexible tie retainingv means to the frontof a shirt; and in the special construction of clips employed in"conjunction with the flexible tie retaining means which facilitateready attachment of the'iiexibl'e tie-retainin'g'me'ans to voppositeside marginal" portions'of the necktie and `whereby onlyi relativelysmallrornamental front' portionsV oftheclips are Vvisibleneatlyengagingoveropposit'efside-` edge portions of the tie.

Their-wennen, with other objects, advantages, and novel featuresthereof,A and the particular constructions and arrangements of. partslcomprising the. same will?. beunderstood. from the .following detailed.description,v whenV considered in connectionwith the accompanyingdrawings forming parthereof and illustrating a number of embodimentsofthe invention.

In. the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective.. view of aY shirt, acallar thereon,.and anecktiei holder constructed in accordance with the. present invention,the same being shown attached in operative position on the front' ofthershirt Fig. 2 isa top plan view of the device showing the flexibleholding member engaging the ring on the-clip that i's to be attached tothe` shirt front;

liigf. 3isza. horizontal `section on the line 3--3V of plan;

Figs. i, 5, andV 6 are respectivelyV Iari-ront eleva of thev invention,the device being shown attached to a shirt and'- necktie;

Fig, l2 is a top planview of another modified form of the device;

Fig. 13 is a top plan view of a further-modied form of the device;

Fig; 14 is a front elevation of a modified forml of means for attachingthe device toa shirt;

Fig. 15 is a vertical section on the line |5-l5' of Fig. 14.

While a number of preferred embodiments of the invention are illustratedin the drawings, it will be understood that minor changes and modi--fications may be made in the particular constructions shown, and theinvention may be' embodied instill otherforms as will appeal to thoseskilled in the art and falling within the scope of the appended claimswithoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

'Irhe invention broadly comprehends a tiel holder comprising a partattachable tothe front of a shirt to secure the device thereto and apair of devices attachable to opposite side marginal portions of anecktie with a flexible chain connection betweenA eachy of said devicesand the part that-is attached to the shirt. In the particular'embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 10 of thedrawings, the part to be at'-V tached to the front of a shirt is shownas a clip of the lever type, the same being generally; designated I andcomprising a front bar 2 and a co operating spring pressed clamp lever 3pivotally connected to a portion 4 extending rearwardly from one. end ofthe front' bar 2. The clip l is to be engaged with the edge portion 5 ofthe front of a shirt 6 as shown in Fig. 3` of the drawings.

Connected with the front bar 2 of the clip I is a short iiexible chainmember 1, this chain memberv extending through and slidably engaging aring 8 on the front-bar 2 at the free end thereof. At each end' of thechain member 7 is a clip designated generally- 9, the pair of clipsbeing adapted' toV be detachably secured to oppositeside` marginalportions of a necktie l0 as ill-ustrated in Figs; l and. 3. When thetie-holder is 3 applied in operative position as shown in the drawings,with the clip I attached to the shirt front and the clips 9 attached toopposite edge portions of the necktie, the necktie will be held inproper position while allowing limited longitudinal movement of the samerelatively to the shirt in response to movement of the body of thewearer. With the chain member 'I slidably engaging the ring 8 on thefront bar 2 of the clip I, the chain member can oat into a self-Ladjusting position.

Each clip member 9 comprises front and back members II and I2. The frontmember II has a rearwardly extending loop portion I3 at one endpivotally connected to the back member I2 at one end thereof, the loopportion I3 having laterally projecting lugs I4 engaging apertured earsI5 on the back member I2. Figs. 3 and 7, the loop portion I3 extendsbeyond its pivotal connection with the back member I2 so that thepivotal connection is concealed from view from the front of the clip.The loop portion I3 terminates in a reversely curved portion I6 thatcooperates with a spring tongue I'I on the back member I2, the springtongue acting to press the front member toward the back member. On thefront member Il are teeth I8 for gripping the necktie. The back memberI2 is provided at its free end With a ring with which is connected theterminal link at one end of the chain member 'I. The front member II ofthe clip is longer than the back member so that its free end portionoverlaps the free end portion of the back member I2. This construction,as will be understood, facilitates the ready engagement of the clipsover the edge portion of the necktie. The front member ofeach of theclips 9 is shown with an ornamental initial letter I9 on its front face.

The modified form of clip illustrated in Fig. 10 of the drawings is thesame in construction as that shown in Figs. 4 to l0 except that in thisinstance, the free end portion of the back member designated in thisview overlaps the free end portion of the front member 2I.

By the special arrangement of parts hereinbefore described, a tie holderis .provided that is simple in construction, that will operateefficiently, and that can be readily applied in operative position. Thedevice is automatically adjustable to accommodate ties of differentwidths and when in operative position the flexible tie retaining meansis disposed at the back of the necktie, and all of the tie holder thatis visible from the front of the necktie is the ornamented front membersof the pair of tie engaging clips tting neatly over opposite sidemarginal edge portions of the tie. v

In Fig. ll of the drawings is illustrated a modied form of the device inwhich instead of a single flexible chain member connecting the pair oftie engaging clips to the clip attached to the shirt, the necktieengaging clips are exibly connected by separate short chain members tothe clip which secures the tie holder to the shirt. In this view 22designates generally the lever type clip for attaching the tie holder tothe shirt. 23 designates the front bar of the clip which in thisinstance is provided at each end thereof with a ring 24. 25 designatesthe tie engaging clips each connected by a short chain 26 with one endof the front bar 23 of the clip 22, one terminal link of the chainengaging a ring 24 and the other terminal link of the chain connectingwith a ring 21 on the back member 28 of the clip 25.

As shown in As will be understood, this construction will operate tomaintain the tie in proper position while permittmg limited longitudinalmovement of the same.

As in the construction hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figs. 1to 10, the flexible retaining means, in this instance comprisingseparate chain members 26, is positioned at the back of the tie.

The modified construction illustrated in Fig. 12 is the same as thathereinbefore described except that instead of employing a lever typeclip to attach the tie holder to the shirt, a clip 29 of the sameconstruction as that shown in Figs. 4 to 7 is used for this purpose, thesame being provided with a ring 30 -on the free end portion of its frontmember 3I which is slidably engaged by the flexible chain member 32. Inthis view, 33 designates the tie engaging clips, each connected with oneend of the exible chain. v,

,In Fig. 13 is illustrated another modified form` of clip for attachingthe tie holder to the shirt. This clip designated 34 is of thefrictional spring type. It has a ring 35 at the free end of its 'frontmember 36, the clip with the ring 35 being constructed from a continuouspiece of wire. this view, 31 designates the pair of tie engaging clipsand 38 is the flexible chain member extend ing through and slidablyengaging the ring 35 on the front member 36 of the clip.

In Figs. 14 and 15 is shown another form of' attaching means forsecuring the tie holder to a shirt. This consists of a wire loop member39 having a narrow portion 40 and an enlarged portion 4I forming asubstantially keyhole shaped opening, the loop member being adapted-tobe detachably engaged with a button 42 on the shirt 4'I as shown in Fig.14. On the lower end of the enlarged portion 4I of this loop member is aring 43 with which the chain member 44 slidably enages. clip membersengaged with a side edge portion of a necktie designated 46.

What I claim is:

A necktie holder including an elongated clasp attachable to the frontmarginal 'edge of a shirt to extend transversely thereof and having a.front bar and a rear clamping member, the front bar of the clasp havinga ring thereon extending outwardly from its front face and disposedtransversely thereof, a exible chain member of a length less than thewidth of the widest portion of the outer fold of the necktie, said chainmember extending through and being freely slidable in the ring on thefront bar of the shirt clasp. a pair of clips. each of said clipscomprising elongated front and back members connected together atopposing end portions thereof, theback ible connection between the clipsattached to;

either marginal side portion of the depending fold of the necktie andthe clasp attached to the 1 shirt front. and the exible chain memberbeing of a length to maintain the folds of the necktle i in positionwhile allowing for limited movement .L

45 designates one of -the tie engaging REFERENCES CITED The followingreferences are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 433,340 Foster" July 29, 1890761,493 Ingalls May 3'1, 1904 789,234

Rice May 9, 1905 Number Number Name Date Moore July 11, 1916 NarbettJune 29, 1920 Mix Sept. 11, 1934 Reilly Mar. 19, 1935 Manaster May 14,1935 Baer May 21, 1935 Loewnsohn Sept. 3, 1935 Gehrig July 12, 1938FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain of 1906

